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Oracle Linux Overview

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What is Oracle Linux?

A highly performant and secure operating environment, Oracle Linux delivers virtualization, management, automation, and cloud native computing tools, along with the operating system, in a single, easy-to-manage support offering. Oracle Linux provides a 100% application binary compatible alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux and is supported across both hybrid and multicloud environments.

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Oracle Linux brings the latest Linux innovations to market, delivering extreme performance, advanced scalability, and reliability for enterprise applications and systems along with worldwide, enterprise-class, low-cost support. Optimized for enterprise workloads, Oracle Linux is the only operating system to offer zero-downtime updates.

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Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems.

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K Bharath K.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Oracle Linux in 2025: Reliable, Secure, and Cloud-Ready?"
Free and RHEL-compatible: 100% binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, without licensing fees. Stable and Secure: Enterprise-grade secu...
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Deepak G.
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Deepak G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A Reliable and Secure OS for Enterprise Environments"
Oracle Linux offers exceptional stability and performance, especially in enterprise-level applications. Its compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise L...
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Smart E.
SE
Smart E.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Reliable, Secure, and Enterprise-Ready Linux Distribution"
Oracle Linux stands out for its stability and enterprise-grade performance. I particularly appreciate its compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Lin...
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Introduced Container technology option for Kubernetes and docker Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Subscription method for licensing is dificult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

container orchestration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Easy to use and more secure and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Obviously, the enterprise version is a bit costly when compared to the competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Was using this to manage my application and database servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

I have been using oracle Linux 6,7 it's so comfortable compare to other flavors of Linux. We use db installed and other applications installed on oel platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

I don't have dislikes. I have been using since 5 years . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Os Performance issues , db related issues . Benefits are very comfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It the only OS offers kernel,hypervisor and live patching with no downtime required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

It have some bugs while updating patches Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its an open source environment with virtualization and cloud computing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

System performance. Kernel security. Vulnerable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Need for improvement to support all applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are running our high end database on oracle linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

More security compared to other products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

More dependencies on frequency of patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Stable performance bug issues which gets fixed in future patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It has large number of features which is very useful to facilitate cloud based activities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

more new features which are unknown, so that its difficult to cope up with the version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using Oracle Linux to manage data and troubleshoot the errors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Distribution readiness for deployment of Oracle software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

There are some nuances associated with migration from other distributions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I don't have recommendations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly used for deploying database servers and middleware. The distribution is well prepared to work with Oracle software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It is quit Easy when it comes to Installation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

For a nonfamiliar oracle person, it's a bit difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Less oracle pacthes need to install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Hosting Web services and Virtualization services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

information related to building a Certificate Authority and AES Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building container and automation. It's very safe and easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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